Unmistaken Child (2008) on Netflix
NR20081h 42mDocumentary
Geshe Lama Konchog, a lama in Nepal, dies. His closest disciple, Tenzin Zopa, must find the child who may be his teacher reborn. He questions whether he can recognize such a child.
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Tenzin Zopa is the closest disciple of Geshe Lama Konchog, a lama known around the world. When Geshe Lama Konchog dies in Nepal, Tenzin, a modest monk who speaks English, becomes the one searching for the child his master may have been reborn as. He is unsure he can recognize an enlightened master's rebirth. Prayer, intuition and forms of divination guide him to the small settlements of the Tsum Valley, which sits on the border between Nepal and Tibet. There he approaches family after family and looks at many children, hoping to see a boy of the right age react to an object that once belonged to Geshe Lama Konchog. Confirming a tulku, a reincarnated master, would take further tests, and a child confirmed as one would go from his parents and village to the monastery.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Unmistaken Child (2008)
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- Nati Baratz and his wife went to a lecture by Tenzin Zopa, who asked the audience to pray for help finding the reincarnation of Geshe Lama Konchog, his recently deceased teacher.
